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Pompilidae (family)

Unidentified Spider wasp at Acton, ACT

Pompilidae (family) at Acton, ACT - 16 Mar 2019
Pompilidae (family) at Acton, ACT - 16 Mar 2019
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Identification history

Pompilidae (family) 20 Mar 2019 KimPullen
Pompilidae (family) 18 Mar 2019 MichaelBedingfield
Turneromyia sp. (genus) 17 Mar 2019 KimPullen
Bembix sp. (genus) 17 Mar 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 17 Mar 2019 rawshorty

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KimPullen wrote:
   18 Mar 2019
This is a spider wasp and resembles Turneromyia in having a striped abdomen and dark antennae, but the ashy colour is distinctive.
   18 Mar 2019
There is a grey spider wasp, Pompilus cinereus, but from Germany:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arenarius/35631068082

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